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Jowell’s husband faces 18 months’ house arrest

The estranged husband of the Olympics minister, may be forced

to do community work while under 'house arrest' in Italy

Brown: I’ve never hit anyone

The PM, long known for his volatile temper, last night denied reports

of 'shoving' staff, insisting that he had never hit anyone

Obama’s ‘Chicago mafia’ blamed for paralysis

A year into Obama's administration critics weary of 'legislative paralysis

are blaming his old friends and advisers

On borrowed time: shock deficit threatens UK

Gordon Brown's election campaign hit by record tax receipt slump,

leaving public finances in a worse state than Greece

Sales slump awakens spectre of recession

Volume of goods sold by retailers fell by 1.2% last month, more than

double the 0.5% decline economists had expected

Economy fears intensify on dire retail figures

Double-dip recession made more likely as cold weather led to the

sharpest monthly fall in retail sales in 18 months

Red alert in the markets as UK debts rise

Pound plummets after tax receipts fail to halt first government

borrowing in January since modern records began

National debt? It's worse for Mr Average

The latest figures for the public finances look like a hopeless

situation but it may not be that serious

Record fall in bank lending to business

Lending fell by £4.3 billion, pushing the annual decline

to 8.1 per cent — the biggest drop since records began in 1999

British finances to be 'worse than Greek deficit'

Dire figures on public finances showed UK Government

borrowed £4.3 billion more than it received in taxes in January

Japanese urged to bet on cherry blossoms

Savers at Ikeda Bank are enticed to bet on the precise

date in March that trees in Osaka break into blossom

Surprise jump puts dole queue at 13-year high

Number of claimants surges to its highest level since 1997

but unemployment holds steady at 2.45 million

Economists turn on Bank over MPC ‘bungle’

The unanimous vote to put the asset purchase programme

n hold 'seemed to contradict' comments by Mervyn King